Jan Hancock—Hancock Resources LLC

Jan Hancock is an equestrian and author in private practice at Phoenix, AZ.
She specializes in the design of equestrian trails, trailheads, and campgrounds,
serving as a consultant for landscape architects, planners, land managers, and
civil engineers. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Northern Arizona
University and a master's degree in community education from Arizona State
University. She has 12 years of experience as a college instructor in design and 15
years of management experience in marketing. Jan serves on numerous national,
regional, State, and local boards for open space, parks, and trails organizations.
She has served as the equestrian representative on the board of directors for
American Trails. Jan is a member of the State of Arizona Governor's Council on
Growing Smarter and the Phoenix Parks and Recreation board. She is a founding
board member of the Arizona Trail Association, an organization developing the
800-mile Arizona Trail. Jan is the author of Horse Trails in Arizona. She credits
her bay gelding, Partner, for always making the work of writing books about
horses incredibly fun. Contact Jan at:

Kim Jones Vander Hoek, RLA—USDA Forest
Service, Tonto National Forest

Kim Jones Vander Hoek is a registered landscape architect. She has a bachelor's
degree in landscape architecture from Iowa State University, 5 years of experience
with engineering and landscape architectural firms, and 18 years of experience
with the Forest Service. The American Society of Landscape Architects, Arizona
Chapter, honored Kim for her accomplishments during her tenure as association
president. She currently serves as the forest landscape architect for the Tonto
National Forest in Phoenix, AZ, designing recreation sites, transportation
corridors, and scenery management projects. She has designed 12 recreation sites,
including 3 campgrounds and 2 trailheads for equestrians and the largest Forest
Service campground built to date. Kim learned sensitivity to the needs of horses
thanks to her charming Arabian gelding, Flask. Contact Kim at:

Sunni Bradshaw is a visual information specialist at Missoula Technology
and Development Center. She is a graduate of the Rocky Mountain School of
Photography and has a bachelor's degree in recreation program management from
the University of Montana. While attending college, Sunni cofounded several
regional recreation organizations, drafted a comprehensive trail management plan
for a National Recreation Trail, wrote a preservation grant for an historic ghost
town, and worked at numerous guest ranches and outfitting camps. She and her
husband helped manage several guest ranches, farmed with draft horses, and
owned Montana Horse Logging. Sunni and Emmy Lou, a winsome sorrel mule,
traveled extensively through wilderness settings in the Rocky Mountains. Before
joining the Missoula Technology and Development Center, Sunni was a technical
writer, photographer, and award-winning journalist. Her work—including articles,
photography, layout, and design—has appeared in many local, regional, and
national publications. Contact Sunni at:

James D. Coffman, RLA, ASLA—Coffman Studios, LLC

Jim Coffman is a registered landscape architect in private practice in Phoenix,
AZ. He has a bachelor's degree in business management and administration from
Indiana University and a master's degree in landscape architecture from Ball State
University. He has 19 years professional experience focused on open space, parks,
and multimodal planning and design. Jim managed parks and trails planning for
the cities of Scottsdale and Phoenix for 12 years. He was the project manager for
design and implementation of master trail systems covering more than 600 miles.
Jim is a regional and national presenter at open space, parks, and trails conferences;
serves as a lecturer on pedestrian audits for people with physical challenges and on
xeriscape principles; and has a special interest in designing natural environments
for the elderly. He is the president of the Arizona Chapter of the American Society
of Landscape Architects. Contact Jim at:

Jeff Engelmann is a registered landscape architect. He has a bachelor's degree
in landscape architecture from Iowa State University and is cofounder and
vice president of J2 Engineering and Environmental Design, a 25-person
engineering and landscape architectural firm in Phoenix, AZ. He has 24 years
of professional experience with an emphasis on major public park, open space,
trail, and transportation projects in the West and Midwest, specializing in public
recreational projects for State, county, and municipal agencies. These projects
include recreation master plans, multimodal trail corridor planning, streetscapes,
sports complexes, bridge design and esthetics, entry monuments, pedestrian/bicycle/equestrian trail design, revegetation projects, urban revitalization, and
urban plaza projects. Contact Jeff at: